Resources and support for schools, colleges and other professionals to help children and young people's emotional wellbeing

Just Talk guidance for schools, colleges and other professionals

Schools and Colleges Toolkit 2022-23 (pdf 1.94mb)
Free resources guidance training directory
Mental health awareness lesson plans, discussion guides and other guidance
Top tips for parents leaflet (PDF, 45mb) – how to encourage their child to talk to them about their mental health.

Gift of Kindness Poetry Competition 2022

Just Talk received so many amazing entries - thanks to everyone who wrote a poem and to all the schools/colleges who submitted their winning entries.

Read more about the competition here.

Read the 20 shortlisted poems here.

Just Talk Week November 2021

You can still watch the recorded webinars and access resources from the week here

Five Ways to Wellbeing resources, assets and e-learning

Read about our Five Ways to Wellbeing here.

Other Self Help tools and useful websites and information to help young people

As well as the fantastic information from our partner organisations, we'd recommend taking a look at these:

Looking after your mental health and wellbeing during Coronavirus Information for Children and Young People (February 2021 version)
Healthy Young Minds in Herts – Hertfordshire mental health information for young people, parents and professionals

My Teen brain professional pages – information to help support a teen through some of the most important years of their life.

Self-care resources from Public Health England, with activities for Year 6 and KS3 and KS4

The Sleep Factor Lesson Plans & PowerPoints

The Sleep Factor lesson plans and powerpoints

KS2 lesson plan on the importance of quality sleep

KS3 and KS4 lesson plan on the importance of quality sleep

Promoting positive body image guidance

Take a look at the Body Image guidance and quality assured resources for professionals in schools, to promote positive body image in ALL pupils.
Body Image and social media guidance: Communications guidance to support positive body image in young people.

Webinars

Body Positivity and Preventing eating disorders in children and young people (PPT 8.8kb) (from live webinar 28 June 2021)

Body Image in children and young people (PPT 29.6kb) (from live webinar 28 June 2021)

Please view the powerpoint documents in Slideshow format, to enable the voiceover format to play.

What Parents and Carers and Children and Young People are telling us

Hertfordshire Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Survey 2020

Results : full and summary reports

Results Infographic

Webinar

Parents Carers Survey 2021

Results Infographic

Communications guidance and materials

Find out more about our Just Talk social media toolkit and other resources
Just Talk Communications and Engagement Partnership Plan 2021-26
Early Help information for Hertfordshire's children and young people - powerpoint presentation for use in GP surgeries
Early Help Social Media Toolkit
Young People's Early Help Information - two posters (PDF 556KB)

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Find out how to join the Just Talk professional network

If you're an organisation in Hertfordshire and you'd like to get involved in the Just Talk project, which has a network of more than 35 professional partners, drop us a line at: publichealth@hertfordshire.gov.uk.